Mandy Archibald, BScN, PhD

Dr. Archibald is a nurse-research scientist, methodologist, and interdisciplinary artist holding appointments in the College of Nursing, the Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba (CHRIM), and the School of Art at UM. She bridges the arts, sciences, and technology to challenge traditional research paradigms and foster innovation, and engages in critical investigations across theory and methodologies to advance equitable health research.

With clinical experience in diverse pediatric in-patient settings, Dr. Archibald is committed to applied, partnered research that ensures research findings are accessible and actionable. She co-leads the Family Mental Health Research Theme at the Children’s Hospital Health Research Institute of Manitoba (PRIME: Partnering for Research Innovation in Mental Health), and has strong national and international collaborations, receiving recognition for her contributions to research methods and team science.

Dr. Archibald serves as an Associate Editor for the leading mixed methods journal the Journal of Mixed Methods Research and the International Journal of Multiple Research Approaches. She supervises students interested in:

• Family-centered research (e.g., lived experience, integrated knowledge translation).
• Integrative research methodologies (mixed methods, arts-based research, knowledge translation, realist approaches).
• Childhood chronic illness, disability, and family mental health.
• Critical and theoretical investigations into the social construction of knowledge including disability, methodologies, and the history of science.

Dr. Archibald’s extensive experience securing research funding at local, provincial and national levels has supported her research as well as the development of her students. She prioritizes mentoring students in scholarly writing and publication, grant writing, project management, and research skill development, with a focus on producing well rounded scholars with high-quality publications and capacity for real-world impacts. 

Her supervision approach is inclusive, supportive and tailored, welcoming students with diverse methodological interests and career goals. She encourages attention to personal lived experience and the strength this brings to a research area. In her diverse trainee group, Dr. Archibald prioritizes fostering curiosity, collaboration, and interdisciplinary innovation in a supportive and inclusive environment.

Education

Canadian Institutes of Health Research Postdoctoral Fellowship, Flinders University (2016-2019)

Doctor of Philosophy, University of Alberta (2016)

Bachelor of Science in Nursing with Honours, University of Alberta (2007)

Awards

2023:

• Terry G. Falconer Memorial RH Institute Foundation Emerging Researcher Award, Health Sciences, University of Manitoba.

2022:

• CIHR/SickKids New Investigator Award
• Research Manitoba New Investigator Award

2020-2021:

• UM Merit Award, Research and Scholarly Activity, University of Manitoba.

2018:

• Winner of the Perform Your Science Competition during South Australia National Science Week.

2017:

• Canadian Nurses Association 150 for Canada’s 150 Celebrations.

2016:

• Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Fellowship.
• Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Knowledge Translation Stream, Centre for Research Excellence, NHMRC.
• Genevieve Gray PhD Medal in Nursing (awarded to the top PhD graduate from the University of Alberta Nursing program).
• College and Association of Registered Nurses of Alberta Centennial Award: Top 100 in Alberta.
• Top 40 Under 40, Edmonton.
• Endowment Fund for the Future Support for the Advancement of Scholarship Research Fund (EFF-SAS) Faculty of Nursing Student Publication Award.

2011-2015:

• Canadian Child Health Clinician Scientist Program Doctoral Award.

2015, 2013, 2012:

• Alberta Registered Nurses Educational Trust (ARNET) President’s Scholarship, Doctoral Level.

2014:

• College and Association of Registered Nurses of Alberta (CARNA) TD Meloche Monnex Scholarship.
• Andrew Stewart Memorial Prize, University of Alberta.

2011-2014:

• Recruitment Scholarship, Doctoral Level.